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H.B. 387

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STATE RISK MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF

             2     
STATE EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS

             3     
2000 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: Keele Johnson

             6      AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES; MODIFYING PROVISIONS
             7      GOVERNING RISK MANAGEMENT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES; AND
             8      MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES.
             9      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             10      AMENDS:
             11          63A-4-103, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 212, Laws of Utah 1993
             12      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             13          Section 1. Section 63A-4-103 is amended to read:
             14           63A-4-103. Risk management -- Duties of state agencies.
             15          (1) (a) Unless specifically authorized by statute to do so, a state agency may not:
             16          (i) purchase insurance or self-fund any risk unless authorized by the risk manager; or
             17          (ii) procure or provide liability insurance for the state.
             18          (b) (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (1)(a), the State Board of Regents
             19      may authorize higher education institutions to purchase insurance for, or self-fund, risks associated
             20      with their programs and activities that are not covered through the risk manager.
             21          (ii) The State Board of Regents shall provide copies of those purchased policies to the risk
             22      manager.
             23          (iii) The State Board of Regents shall ensure that the state is named as additional insured
             24      on any of those policies.
             25          (2) Each state agency and each governmental entity covered by the Risk Management Fund
             26      created in Section 63A-4-201 shall:
             27          (a) comply with reasonable risk related recommendations made by the risk manager;


             28          (b) participate in risk management training activities conducted or sponsored by the risk
             29      manager;
             30          (c) include the insurance and liability provisions prescribed by the risk manager in all state
             31      contracts, together with a statement certifying to the other party to the contract that the insurance
             32      and liability provisions in the contract are those prescribed by the risk manager;
             33          (d) at each principal design stage, provide written notice to the risk manager that
             34      construction and major remodeling plans relating to agency buildings and facilities to be covered
             35      by the fund are available for review, for risk control purposes, and make them available to the risk
             36      manager for his review and recommendations; [and]
             37          (e) cooperate fully with requests from the risk manager for agency planning, program, or
             38      risk related information, and allow the risk manager to attend agency planning and management
             39      meetings[.];
             40          (f) provide copies of their termination policies and procedures to the risk manager; and
             41          (g) inform and consult with the Division of Risk Management before terminating any
             42      employee who has an expectation of continued employment.
             43          (3) Failure to include in the contract the provisions required by Subsection (2)(c) does not
             44      make the contract unenforceable by the state.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 2-9-00 12:24 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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